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Re:Nvidia Allegedly Engineered Scarcity by Funding AI Startu... by conductr on Saturday November 14, 2026 @12:49AM (#50494388)
> Nvidia does not have a captive finance company

You don’t need to when you have a few dozen customers. You meet with them and plot world dominance over cocktails.

Auto companies have the structure they do to support 1000s of dealerships and millions of customers.

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Re:Nvidia Allegedly Engineered Scarcity by Funding AI Startu... by jurgenburgen on Saturday November 14, 2026 @02:52AM (#50494978)
Surely the credit risk level is completely different between individual customers personally on the hook vs speculative corporations?
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Re:Nvidia Allegedly Engineered Scarcity by Funding AI Startu... by conductr on Saturday November 14, 2026 @09:37AM (#50497353)
Sure, but no matter the risk level the vendor always has the most ability to absorb defaults. It’s probably why they are the only reasonable lender in many markets
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